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Scott Spits

Online sports editor for The Age. Began his full-time career at The Age as an online sports reporter in 1999 before joining Sportal as the Deputy Editor of the AFL-Telstra online network in 2002. Rejoined the online desk at The Age in 2006. Has covered the Sydney Olympics, numerous Australian Open tennis tournaments and several AFL grand finals. Reads the back page first. Hack golfer. Wannabe tennis star.

Scott Spits
Follow our live coverage of the 2015 Australian Open men's final between four-time winner and world No.1 Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, a player who has now reached a fourth final at Melbourne Park.

Scott Spits
Follow rolling coverage of the Australian Open on day four at Melbourne Park as local hopes Lleyton Hewitt, Sam Stosur and Casey Dellacqua all look to join their compatriots in the third round.

Scott Spits and Daniel Cherny
Follow rolling coverage on day three as six Australian men look to grab a berth in the third round and leading men Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic all take to the court.

Scott Spits
The day-before scratching of one of Lloyd Williams’ two major hopes, Sea Moon, has failed to have a big impact on Melbourne Cup markets even though punters are leaning towards Australian-bred...

Scott Spits
Australian Open organisers have increased prize money for the men's and women's winners by 10 per cent, with each winner to pocket a cool $3 million as the tournament champion next January.

Scott Spits
Nothing rouses footy fans more than a seemingly unfair or contrived winning environment. All AFL season the jokes about the "Bondi Billionaires" and Sydney's potential dominance of the AFL...